Michael Olmstead, left and Sydney Haynie, both 18, were arrested last week and charged with theft in the third degree for stealing a doll from the shopping cart of an 8-year-old girl. (Tuscaloosa Police Department)

TPD's Sgt. Brent Blankley said Sidney Morgan Haynie and Michael Wayne Olmstead, both 18, have been charged with theft for carrying the doll out of the girl's cart in mid-December while she looked at clothing nearby with her grandmother.

The doll belonged to the 8-year-old and had for some time, it was not for sale. After the theft, TPD released images of the suspects captured by surveillance cameras to the public. Someone on the department's Facebook page recognized the duo and after further investigation, warrants were issued.

Olmstead was jailed last Thursday and Haynie was arrested the next day. Both were charged with third-degree theft. Olmstead's bond was set at $300 and Haynie's at $500. Both teens have posted bail and neither remains in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.